Progressive Constitutionalist Party

The Progressive Constitutionalist Party was a conservative political party in Mexico that was founded in 1913. The party, led by Venustiano Carranza, emerged in the aftermath of the overthrow of Francisco Madero's liberal Anti-Reelectionist Party in 1913. The wealthy landowner Carranza was far more conservative than his rivals Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa, but he overthrew Victoriano Huerta's conservative dictatorship and restored democracy to Mexico. It was under Carranza that the modern constitution of Mexico was adopted, but he did not implement its most radical elements. In 1929, the party merged into the National Revolutionary Party of Mexico.